Foals mark 10th anniversary of ‘Spanish Sahara’ by revealing origin of its title

Foals have marked the 10th anniversary of the release of their song ‘Spanish Sahara’ by revealing the origin of the track’s title.

‘Spanish Sahara’ was the first song to be released from the band’s second album ‘Total Life Forever’, which came out in 2010.

Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis celebrated the special anniversary of the fan favourite today (March 2) by posting a picture on the band’s Instagram account of an old map from a cassette he was once given as a gift.

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“This is the original reference for the track title, taken from a cassette my friend & original singer in Foals [Andrew Mears] made for me,” he wrote in the accompanying caption.

“We are so sorry that we won’t be there next week,” the band wrote on Instagram. “We want everyone who has purchased a ticket to be able to attend and it has been clear through the messages we were receiving that many of you were not going to be able to be at the shows as scheduled.”